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Question

Is there an actual 'Rose Line' going across Paris? I have been there 3 times but didn't see any physical evidence of it...Then again I wasn't really looking...any ideas if its there?

Answer 1

François Arago was born in Estagel in 1786. Après his studies at the Polytechnic School he was appointed director of studies at the Paris Observatory and became in 1843, director delegate of the longitude office and kept his post until his death in 1853.

Between 1893 and 1942, a bronze statue of Arago, built on the meridian line of the Paris Observatory, stood on the Ile de Sein Square. It was, among others, melted during the Second World War . It was later, in 1994, replaced by a series of medallions.

The Arago medallions are Jean Dibbets’s creation. To pay homage to Arago’s talents he created bronze coins of 12 cm diameter in Arago’s name showing the letters N and S for North and South. These medallions are over a hundred and they are scattered along the Paris meridian line going from Porte Montmartre to Cite Universitaire. They are listed hereunder.

They are located in the 1st, 2nd, 6th, 9th, 14th et 18th Paris districts.


In the 1st district :

1 at no.24 rue de Richelieu,
1 at no.9 rue de Montpensier,
7 at Palais-Royal,
1 Place du Palais-Royal, rue de Rivoli, 1 rue de Rivoli, 3 at the Louvre, Richelieu side: Hall of the French sculptures and in front of the escalator on the ground floor
5 at the Louvre, in Napoleon’s yard, behind the Pyramid around the Square Yard
3 at the Louvre: Denon side, hall of Roman antiques, in the stairs/hall
1 on the Louvre waterfront, near the Daru pavilion,
1 on the Louvre waterfront, near Pont des Arts.

In the 2nd district :

1 at no. 16 rue du 4 septembre
1 at no.15 rue Saint Augustin


In the 6th district :

1 Saints-Pères waterfront
2 Quay Conti, near the Institute
1 Place de l’Institut near rue de Seine walkway
4 rue de Seine, 3 at no.3, 1 and no.12
1 at the angle of rue de Seine/rue des Beaux-Arts
2 at nos.152 and 125-7, bd St Germain, opposite no.28 rue de Vaugirard, Senate side
10 Luxembourg garden on the paved ways, (walk along the Auguste Compte entrance)
1 rue Auguste Comte
2 avenue de l’Observatoire (garden side)
1 at the angle of avenue de l’Observatoire and rue Michelet
3 Marco Polo garden, one near the ping-pong table and one on the pavement at the corner of avenue de l’Observatoire and rue d’Assas.
2 Camille Jullian square
1 on the way between avenue Denfert Rochereau and avenue de l’Observatoire
2 avenue de l’Observatoire

In the 9th arrondissement :

2 at n° 21 bd de Clichy pavement side on the main road
1 at n° 5 rue Duperré
2 at nos. 69/71 rue Pigalle
2 in the inner yard of the National Education Ministry, 34 rue de Chateaudun
1 at no.34 rue de Chateaudun
2 at nos. 18/16 and 9/11 Bd Haussmann, in front of the restaurant
2 In front of the brasserie in the corner of rue Taitbout and no. 24 bd des Italiens

The Arago Medallions

The Arago Medallions

In the 14th arrondissement :

2 in the North side courtyard of the Paris Observatory
1 inside the Observatory
7 on the north and south side terrace and upstairs garden in the protected limits of the Observatory
6 bd Arago/Place de l’Ile de Sein
1 at no. 81 rue du Fg Saint-Jacques
1 Place Saint-Jacques
9 in the park Montsouris: avenue Reille entrance on the alleys 2 Bd Jourdan
10 Cite Universitaire, on the way between the Canadian Pavilion and the Cambodian Pavilion via the Victor Lyon foundation. The last one being at the back of the Cambodian Pavilion, on the pavement going around the building.

In the 19th arrondissement :

1 at no.18 av. de la Porte Montmartre at the main entrance of the public library.
1 at the corner of rue René Binet et avenue de la Porte Montmartre.
1 at no. 45/47 avenue Junot
1 at no.15 rue S. Dereure
2 at nos.3 and 10 avenue Junot in a private garden with restrictive access
only 1 at no.79 rue Lepic

Answer 2

The Paris Meridian is a meridian line running through Paris, now longitude 2°20′14.025″ east. It was a long-standing rival to Greenwich as the prime meridian of the world, as was the Antwerp meridian in Flanders.


The Paris Meridian also turns up in Dan Brown's bestselling novel The Da Vinci Code, where it is referred to as the "Rose Line" and presented as "the world's first prime meridian" (p. 106). Actually the idea of establishing a prime meridian dates back to antiquity, with suggested meridians running through Rhodes or the Canary Islands. When Greenwich was adopted as the universal zero longitude in 1884 (not 1888 as the novel says), it had at least nine rivals besides Paris (Berlin, Cadiz, Copenhagen, Lisbon, Rio, Rome, St. Petersburg, Stockholm, and Tokyo).

Brown's novel confuses the Paris Meridian with a local meridian found in the Parisian church of Saint-Sulpice, marked in the floor with a brass line (the Paris Meridian actually passes about 100 meters east of it). At the climax of the novel, the protagonist follows the line of Arago medallions to the Louvre museum, where (according to the book) the Paris Meridian passes beneath the so-called Inverted Pyramid in an underground mall in front of the museum. Following the tradition of esoteric interpretations of this meridian, the novel hints that this is the final resting place of the Holy Grail. The fact that the meridian passes near the Inverted Pyramid is also noted in the book Le guide du Paris maçonnique by Raphäel Aurillac, who likewise ascribes some deeper, esoteric significance to this. (See: La Pyramide Inversée.)

In the Louvre area, the meridian line marked by the Arago medallions actually runs through the museum and the great courtyard at a spot considerably to the east of the Inverted Pyramid. The medallions in the museum are behind ticketed access points, while the Inverted Pyramid is located in a public mall next to the museum.

The above info is quoted from:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris_Meridian

Answer 3

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Answer 4

Yes there is. It's called the Arago Rose Line and was done in the 19th century. There are 135 bronze discs. Apparently they are quite hard to find. It was done by an astronomer and has nothing to do with the church.

Answer 5

Yes there is. The next time you are there just ask someone. Maybe you'll get lucky enough for them to tell you.

Answer 6

there should be I havn't been there but I think there is one....

I know it does go through paris but not sure if it is marked out.

Answer 7

there should be, bt its probably called something else and aight nt have anything 2 do with religion.

Answer 8

I have no idea, but you never know, maybe there USED to be and they renamed it to keep it hidden.